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Sales of Derrick Rose’s sneakers fell 20 percent last year, which means Adidas is getting as little out of its $185 million investment as the Bulls are for their $95 million. But if Rose comes back this season, he could be a nice third option in the fourth quarter behind Nikola Mirotic and either Pau Gasol or Jimmy Butler, pick one. The more I read about the NFL’s plans to Godzilla the city of Chicago during the draft weekend, the more I think we’d be better off with a second set of Grateful Dead concerts. Thank God we didn’t get the Olympics. At the NFL meetings in Arizona that began this week, league executive Troy Vincent tweeted, “we’ll cover...

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Sales of Derrick Rose’s sneakers fell 20 percent last year, which means Adidas is getting as little out of its $185 million investment as the Bulls are for their $95 million.
But if Rose comes back this season, he could be a nice third option in the...

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Reports that Martin Scorsese will film the Grateful Dead during their sold-out concerts at Soldier Field have been denied.
The news came via The Daily Beast, which reported that the July shows "will be filmed by none other than Martin...

You tried to buy tickets to the Grateful Dead’s July farewell shows at Soldier Field (July 3-5). But you were too slow and and now you’re seriously considering not redoing the kitchen this spring so you can buy those StubHub seats you’ve been eyeballing...

Grateful Dead fans won't be allowed to park or camp overnight on Chicago Park District land outside of Soldier Field, a spokesman for the arena said Tuesday morning.
Over the past two weeks, while tickets for the band’s 50th anniversary concerts (July...

As I knew it would, that little gray circle on the Ticketmaster website just kept spinning, mocking my Hail Mary attempt to buy a ticket to one of the Grateful Dead’s final three concerts at Soldier Field this summer. I read the newspaper and ate a bowl...

The good news for die-hard Deadheads who got shut out of the Grateful Dead's reunion concerts July 3-5 at Soldier Field when tickets went on sale over the weekend: Tickets are showing up in droves on the secondary market.The bad news: They don't cost...

"I need a miracle."
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Cyndi Lauper, Toby Keith and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June.
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Picture this: It’s Valentine’s Day. You’re with that special someone. The dimly lit room is decorated with candles. The two of you are holding hands even though you’re usually not one for P.D.A. Who cares? It feels right. And besides, it’s just you,...

When Jeremy Davis comes to Chicago this summer for what could be the Grateful Dead's final shows, the Florida man wants to camp in his RV in a parking lot near Soldier Field along with tens of thousands of other "Deadheads" he considers...

There's a band out on the highway, they're high steppin' into town
— "The Music Never Stopped"
— The Grateful Dead
Do you believe the Grateful Dead performed the best show of its career at Barton Hall on Cornell University's campus in 1977?...

When Carlos Tortolero was starting what is now known as the National Museum of Mexican Art, "there were three things people told me I was crazy for," he said. "One, doing a museum in a working-class neighborhood; two, starting an arts...

Chicago area "Deadheads" hoping to secure a spot at three summer Grateful Dead shows at Soldier Field filled post offices Tuesday morning to get a leg up.
While tickets for the July 3-5 shows won't be available for pre-sale online until Feb....

Phish’s Trey Anastasio will join the remaining members of the Grateful Dead to celebrate the band's 50th anniversary and pay final tribute to the band’s gray-bearded leader and guitarist, Jerry Garcia, July 3-5 at Soldier Field. The announcement...

These are some highlights of events this weekend and beyond around the Western suburbs. Listings are subject to change. Please call the venue in advance. To submit an event for consideration, please visit: triblocal.com/events.
'The Memory of Water' in...

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a 3000 years old Mexican ritual celebrating and honoring the dead. The idea of it is not to fear death, but to embrace it. Chicago Sinfonietta, a unique multicultural orchestra, couldn't miss a chance to...

Plan now for live music and conversation in Highland Park and Deerfield during the week of Oct. 2-8.
The Dead come alive
Calling all deadheads, Chicago jam-band and Grateful Dead tribute Paradise Waits will take the stage at the Shed at 9 p.m. Oct. 4....

When a country-based musician presumes to “rap” up the year at a performance, one might take pause — except when the musician is Robbie Fulks. The acclaimed Chicago-based singer-songwriter/guitarist is renowned for more than his exceptional and...

With a whisper quite the opposite of the way Chief Keef exploded onto the rap scene, word came out Tuesday that the Chicago rapper (real name Keith Cozart) has been dropped from noted hip-hop label Interscope Records.
Through a series of tweets...